From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 17 14:14:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BBA716A41F for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:14:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07A1D43D48 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:14:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.09) with ESMTP id j9HEEvvK001450 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:14:57 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.23] (c-24-18-246-211.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.18.246.211]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.09) with ESMTP id j9HEEurG029387 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:14:57 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: <1129540755.5695.54.camel@lrl> References: <1129540755.5695.54.camel@lrl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:16:23 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:14:58 -0000 On Oct 17, 2005, at 2:19 AM, Thomas Linton wrote: > mplayer works (beside the sound, but this is a different problem). > xine, > ogle and totem are not working on my box. If I boot winXP and look at > the properties of the DVD Drive it says region code 0. Up to now I > didn't change the region code, because you can only change it 5 times. > > I was just wondering, if there is a tool available under freeBSD to > change the region code of a DVD Drive or at least a tool which > gives you > the current region code of the drive. > > Is it necessary for xine, ogle, and totem to have a region code set? > > Many thanks in advance, Thomas. > > > > On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 01:29 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fabian Keil >>> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:21 AM >>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive >>> >>> >>> "Alastair G. Hogge" wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:33, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think that region coding really matters for Unix. >>>>> But, >>>>> just try mplayer since from what I remember it didn't require >>>>> region >>>>> coding at all in order to play DVDs in Linux/*BSD. >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> Aren't DVD players(the hardware) region restricted thou? Does >>>> mplayer >>>> get around that? >>>> >>> >>> The firmware restriction only works in combination with the >>> software. >>> >>> If you are making a DVD player and want a license to descramble CSS, >>> you have to sign that you also implement the user restrictions. >>> >>> If you descramble CSS without license (like mplayer does), >>> you don't have to. >>> >>> >> >> However, most DVD rom manufacturers that I have seen go ahead and >> implement the user restrictions that the MPAA wants (ie: region >> codes) >> anyway, even on bare drives sold primariarly for data useage. >> >> Ted Sorry, but you exceeded the max number of DVD region changes hardware-wise, where you cannot change your region since it is something built into the firmware and software in your OS. Look into another program, like DVD Region Free, for playing DVDs in Windows or get a region free drive. -Garrett